I've been riding around with a friction drive weedeater powered bike for a couple months now. Its a good set up for a newbie but personally I'm tired of having to adjust the tension of the drive wheel against the tire. I used an old skate board wheel as a drive wheel which works ok for the first few miles but when the tire warms up it slipped horribly.
So I'm looking to do something new. I planned on putting the motor in the frame and planned to use the pedal crank as a jackshaft so I could use my gears so I don't have to pedal. I was out in the garage tonight looking at the bike and got thinking. What if I took the rear tire and turned it around so the gears were on the left side of the bike. I realize that the gears would just spin because of the freewheel. I was wondering if the rear gears could be "fixed" so they would be solid with the tire. I know that this would mean the chain would spin while anytime the tire spins but I think(???) the auto clutch on the weedeater motor would keep the engine from revving while coasting. I plan on swapping the front gears to the left side also. I don't plan on using the front derailer but I would like to use the rear derailer. I don't know if it would shift properly but I think I might be able to make it work. By the way I am planning on eliminating the pedals all together. So do you all think this would work or has anyone else tried this? Any helpful ideas are welcome.
So I'm looking to do something new. I planned on putting the motor in the frame and planned to use the pedal crank as a jackshaft so I could use my gears so I don't have to pedal. I was out in the garage tonight looking at the bike and got thinking. What if I took the rear tire and turned it around so the gears were on the left side of the bike. I realize that the gears would just spin because of the freewheel. I was wondering if the rear gears could be "fixed" so they would be solid with the tire. I know that this would mean the chain would spin while anytime the tire spins but I think(???) the auto clutch on the weedeater motor would keep the engine from revving while coasting. I plan on swapping the front gears to the left side also. I don't plan on using the front derailer but I would like to use the rear derailer. I don't know if it would shift properly but I think I might be able to make it work. By the way I am planning on eliminating the pedals all together. So do you all think this would work or has anyone else tried this? Any helpful ideas are welcome.